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255.0000 Family Cucurbitaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 393 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1050 spp. Phylogeny: Schaefer & Renner (2011)
Species listed in database: 1083; hybrids: 3
= Bryoniaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han. 6, 112 (1836)
= Cyclantheraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 716, 980 (1870)
= Nhandirobaceae T.Lestib.; Botanogr. Élém. 515 (1826)
= Zanoniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 28, 29 (1829)
255.1309 Genus Apodanthera Arn.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 274 (1841)
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical America
Species listed in database: 31
= Guraniopsis Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 173 (1908)
= Melothrianthus Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 58 (1955)
species :
Apodanthera anatuyana (Mart.Crov.) Pozner; Hickenia 2(40): 186 (1996)
Distribution: Argentina (Formosa, Santiago del Estero)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria anatuyana Mart.Crov.; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 3: 98 (1950)
species :
Apodanthera argentea Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 42 (1878)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera argentea var. angustifolia Cogn.; Mém. Couronnés Mém. Savants Étrangers Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles (4to) 28(1): 42 (1877)
= Apodanthera argentea var. latifolia Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 59 (1916)
species :
Apodanthera aspera Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 43 (1878)
Distribution: Mexico (Nayarit, Zacatecas, ?Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Querétaro, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera buraeavi Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 44 (1878)
= Apodanthera galeottii Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 45 (1878)
= Apodanthera undulata var. australis McVaugh; Fl. Novo-Galiciana 3: 493 (2001)
species :
Apodanthera biflora Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 43 (1878)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Apodanthera bradei Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 44 (1955)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera hatschbachii C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 47: 521 (1992)
species :
Apodanthera catharinensis Mart.Crov.; Dusenia 4: 37 (1953)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
species :
Apodanthera cinerea Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 59 (1916)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera cinerea Cogn. ex Ule; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 416 (1908), nomen
species :
Apodanthera congestiflora Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 66 (1916)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria congestiflora (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 47 (1955)
species :
Apodanthera crispa Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, Sér. 3, 14: 352 (1888)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
species :
Apodanthera cucurbitoides Lundell; Field & Lab. 13: 23 (1945)
Distribution: Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
species :
Apodanthera eriocalyx Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(2-3, Beibl. 111): 75 (1913)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Apodanthera fasciculata Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 67 (1916)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Apodanthera ferreyrana Mart.Crov.; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 6: 95 (1956)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Apodanthera glaziovii Cogn. ex Glaz.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 318 (1909)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera lasiocalyx Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 58 (1916)
species :
Apodanthera hindii C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 47(3): 519 (1992)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Apodanthera hirtella Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 61 (1916)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz, Tarija); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
83 BOL 85 ARG
species :
Apodanthera laciniosa (Schltdl.) Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 12 (1878)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina (Misiones)
84 BRA 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Anguria laciniosa Schltdl.; Linnaea 24: 755 (1851)
species :
Apodanthera linearis (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 46 (1955)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Canelones, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Argentina Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Misiones, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera sagittifolia var. villosa (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 45 (1954)
= Wilbrandia linearis Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 34 (1878)
= Wilbrandia sagittifolia var. villosa (Cogn. ex Mart.) Mart.Crov.; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 1: 316 (1946)
= Wilbrandia villosa Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(4): 34, t. 7 (1878)
variant :
var. dissecta (Cogn.) Belgrano; Darwiniana, n. s. 5(1): 20 (2017)
Distribution: Uruguay (Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba)
85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera sagittifolia var. dissecta (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 45 (1954)
= Wilbrandia sagittifolia var. dissecta (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 1: 317 (1946)
= Wilbrandia villosa var. dissecta Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 74 (1916)
species :
Apodanthera longipedicellata (Cogn.) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner; Taxon 60(1): 133 (2011)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Anguria longipedicellata (Cogn.) J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13: 45: 350 (1937)
= Guraniopsis longipedicellata Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 174 (1908)
species :
Apodanthera mandonii Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 41 (1878)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera herrerae Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 770 (1933)
= Apodanthera mandonii var. canescens Cogn.; Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 2: 41 (1876)
= Apodanthera mandonii var. dissecta Cogn.; Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 2: 41 (1876)
= Apodanthera moqueguana Mart.Crov.; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 6: 94 (1956)
species :
Apodanthera mathewsii Arn.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 274 (1841)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera latipetala Mart.Crov.; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 6: 96 (1956)
= Apodanthera mucronata Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 40 (1878)
species :
Apodanthera palmeri S.Watson; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 24: 56 (1889)
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera roseana Cogn. ex Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 317 (1895)
species :
Apodanthera pedisecta (Nees & Mart.) Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 17 (1878)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anguria pedisecta Nees & Mart.; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12: 10 (1824) (pedisecta)
species :
Apodanthera sagittifolia (Griseb.) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 45 (1955)
Distribution: Argentina (Cordoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Luis)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Wilbrandia sagittifolia Griseb.; Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 145 (1874)
species :
Apodanthera smilacifolia Cogn.; Mém. Couronnes Autres Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique (8vo) 28: 42 (1878)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); NE-Brazil (Piauí); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothrianthus smilacifolius (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 60 (1955)
= Apodanthera smilacifolia var. angustifolia Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 61 (1916)
species :
Apodanthera trifoliata Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 66 (1916)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria trifoliolata (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 46 (1955)
species :
Apodanthera tumbeziana Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 770 (1933)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Apodanthera ulei (Cogn.) Mart.Crov.; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 6: 97 (1956)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melothria ulei Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 82 (1916)
= Wilbrandia dusenii Harms; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 343 (1926)
species :
Apodanthera undulata A.Gray; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 2: 60 (1853)
Name: Melon loco
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
species :
Apodanthera villosa C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 47(3): 523 (1992)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Apodanthera succulenta C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 47: 561 (1992)
species :
Apodanthera weberbaueri Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 771 (1933)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
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